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JEFF the Brotherhood – Hypnotic Nights (album stream)

July 9th, 2012

JEFF the Brotherhood are releasing their first major label record, produced by Black Key’s frontman Dan Auerbach. The two-piece slop rockers from Nashville put out a record which is surprisingly tight. It draws most of its comparisons to Pinkerton-era Weezer, when Weezer was at its grungiest. As expected from a JEFF-Auerbach collaboration, the album breaks down into [...]

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Posted in Review, Stream, The Wedge | Posted by Josh

My Bloody Valentine’s ‘Loveless’ turns the big 2-0

November 4th, 2011

Nineteen Ninety One was a hell of a year for music. Countless albums considered modern classics today were released, as well as a handful that are responsible for reshaping music as we know it today. Check ‘em: Dinosaur Jr (Green Mind), The KLF (White Room), R.E.M. (Out of Time), Slint (Spiderland), Massive Attack (Blue Lines), [...]

Tags: 1991, Kevin Shields, Loveless, My Bloody Valentine, shoegaze, The Wedge
Posted in Blog, Review, The Wedge, Videos | Posted by Cam

Six reasons to love Ben Folds

October 21st, 2011

Ben Folds is something to everyone. Surprisingly, he’s best known to most as the judge on NBC’s a cappella singing talent competition show, The Sing-Off. But for the last 20 years or so he has been one of the most reliable and lovable singer-songwriters to ever pick up a… grand piano. Originally viewed as a [...]

Tags: Ben Folds, Ben Folds Five, The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective, The Wedge
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The Wedge new release picks for Tuesday, September 13

September 13th, 2011

Girls – Father, Son and Holy Ghost (True Panther) The San Francisco-based band returns with its second full-length, full of modern takes on classic rock. Ladytron – Gravity The Seducer (Nettwerk) The new wave four-member group from Liverpool’s first album in three years is a more subdued take on their dark electronic sound. Das Racist [...]

Tags: Das Racist, Girls, ladytron, neon indian, St. Vincent, The Wedge
Posted in Blog, Review, The Wedge | Posted by Jason Richards

The 5 Best Parts of Das Racist’s “Michael Jackson” Video

September 9th, 2011

Irreverent NYC rap group Das Racist go all out in the video (what, no DasRacistVEVO?) for “Michael Jackson,” from their new album, Relax, out next week on Greedhead Records. There’s a lot going on here, but we’ve isolated the best parts for you below. In order of appearance: This Woman We don’t know who she [...]

Posted in Review, The Wedge | Posted by Jason Richards

First Spin Album Review: The Kooks, Junk of the Heart

September 7th, 2011

The Kooks Junk of the Heart, Listen Here EMI B Need to know: Formed in 2003 in East Sussex, The Kooks have shown the influence of their home country on all three albums. Taking their sound from the Brit pop genre of the last fifty decades, The Kooks have returned with their third album, the [...]

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Posted in Blog, MuchRadar, Music & Videos, Review, Reviews, The Wedge | Posted by Allison

Album: Dog Day ‘Deformer’ (Fundog)

August 5th, 2011

Back in 2007, Halifax’s Dog Day seemed on the brink of breaking the international market much like Arcade Fire and Broken Social Scene. Their debut full-length, Night Group, caught the attention of anyone with their ear to the ground and even saw a release by Germany’s Tomlab, a label self-described as purveyors of “Ambient Experimental [...]

Tags: Deformer, Dog Day
Posted in Blog, Review, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

Review: Shabazz Palaces’ Black Up

July 5th, 2011

Shabazz Palaces Black Up Sub Pop A Need to know: Ishmael “Butterfly” Butler was one-third of the Grammy winning jazz-rap group Digable Planets, known best for their 1993 hit, “Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)” (which most recently soundtracked a Tide commercial). After member Ladybug Mecca left in 1995, the group split and Butler went [...]

Tags: Black Up, Ishmael Butler, Shabazz Palaces
Posted in Blog, Review, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

Review: Handsome Furs’ Sound Kapital

June 29th, 2011

Handsome Furs Sound Kapital Sub Pop B Need to know: Formed fresh off the success of Wolf Parade’s debut album, singer/songwriter/guitarist Dan Boeckner teamed up with his wife Alexei Perry for a two-person, guitars and synths set up that utilized programmed beats instead of live drums. Borrowing the name of her short story for the [...]

Tags: Alexei Perry, Dan Boeckner, handsome furs, Sound Kapital, Wolf Parade
Posted in Blog, Review, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

Review: Iceage’s New Brigade

June 24th, 2011

Iceage New Brigade What’s Yr Rupture? A Need to know: Iceage are four 18-19 year-olds from Copenhagen, Denmark. They’re an enigmatic bunch of teenagers who recently toured Europe with Fucked Up. Debut album, New Brigade, was originally released in January by Danish label Escho Records. And that’s about it. Via Twitter: New Brigade is a [...]

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Posted in Blog, News, Review, The Wedge | Posted by Cam